5 Feb 1916:GSO 1,
Department of
the Chief of the Imperial General Staff

14
Jan 1917:General Staff, VIII Corps, France.

20
Nov 1917:Deputy Director-General of Military Aeronautics.

18
Jan 1918:Director-General of Military Aeronautics.

10
Apr 1918:Acting Controller-General of Equipment.

22
Aug 1918:Controller-General of Equipment.

1
Apr 1919:Director-General of Supply and Research.

1
Aug
1919:
Awarded Permanent Commission as a Major-General

1
Mar 1922:AOC, Middle East.

5
Nov 1923: AOC, RAF India.

3
Nov 1926:AOC, Iraq Command.

19
Nov 1928:Supernumerary, HQ Iraq Command.

1
Feb 1929:AOC in C, Air Defence of Great Britain.

27 Feb 1930:
Principal Air ADC to the King.

26
Sep 1931:Air Member for Personnel.

22
May 1933:Chief of the Air Staff.

xx xxx xxxx - 1 Dec 1933:
Principal ADC to the King.

1
Sep 1937:Inspector-General of the RAF.

4 Jul 1940:
Placed on half-pay list

He was awarded RAeC Certificate
No 305 on 1 Oct 1912.

Becoming
CAS after the untimely death of Sir Geoffrey Salmond, he held the post during
one of the RAF's most crucial periods as it tried to regain the ground it had
lost during 1920's.Although not a
great innovator himself, he was willing to support those with the innovative
ideas and assist them in getting their ideas and developments accepted. It was
as a result of his supportive attitude that the RAF was prepared as it was for
the war, which came in 1939.